“…Protein binding to caffeine in humans has been measured to be 15-35% (Axelrod and Reichenthal, 1953;Blanchard, 1982;Desmond et al, 1980). Higenamine is 54.8% bound to plasma proteins in the rabbit (Lo and Chen, 1996). No human data on the degree of plasma protein binding for higenamine have been published.…”
“…Protein binding to caffeine in humans has been measured to be 15-35% (Axelrod and Reichenthal, 1953;Blanchard, 1982;Desmond et al, 1980). Higenamine is 54.8% bound to plasma proteins in the rabbit (Lo and Chen, 1996). No human data on the degree of plasma protein binding for higenamine have been published.…”
“…These values were obtained using noncompartmental analysis. In general, after the dose uniformizing, there were significant differences between the major pharmacokinetic parameters in Chinese subjects and those in rabbits [13].…”
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“…at a dose of 30.0, 15.0, or 3.0 mg/kg. Blood (300 μL) was collected in EDTA-coated tubes at 0,5,10,15,20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 90, 120, and 150 min after administration of the dose with six animals used for each time point.…”
According to WADA guidelines, the presence of Higenamine (HG) in urine should not be ≥10 ng/mL. HG is widely found in materials used in Chinese herbal medicines as well as food and additives. This paper is the first method wherein a rat model has been used to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of orally administered HG by LC–MS/MS and would be helpful in doping control analysis. The method was found to be linear over a concentration range of 0.5(lower limit of quantification, LLOQ)–500 ng/mL for plasma and 0.5(LLOQ)–1000 ng/mL for urine. The values for intra‐ and inter‐day accuracy and precision did not deviate by >12.25% for HG in plasma and 5.87% in urine. Extraction recoveries of HG were 70.30–86.71% from plasma and 74.93%–79.29% from urine. HG was stable in plasma and urine after the extraction process and when exposed to different storage conditions. The findings of this study could provide some reference value for the assessment of HG misuse and for the control of intake and external application of HG‐related materials (foods and medicinal herbs). Our key findings are that high levels of external application or oral administration of HG‐rich materials may lead to a positive urine test for HG in athletes.
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